Pasteuriaceae | |
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Pasteuria ramosa spores | |
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Family: | Pasteuriaceae Laurent 1890
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"Pasteurieae" Trevisan 1889 |
The Pasteuriaceae are a family of nonmotile Gram-positive bacteria. They are moderately to strongly resistant to heat.[1] Species in this family produce a septate mycelium with one refractile endospore. The mycelium grows bigger on one end to form sporangia and sometimes endospores.[2] The size of the endospores is different for each species of the genus Pasteuria. Species of the family of Pastueriaceae are endoparasitic in plant, soil, and freshwater invertebrates.[1][2]